Lake Ohrid

... to the St. Ciryl and Methodius monument, Apostles of the Slavs. I was as excited as if I saw Ghandi! We wandered along the Ohrid lake coast line, towards the park and boats rental place. Then we walked in the opposite direction - up a hill, in between ...

... is not only situated on the banks of Europe's deepest lake but is also the site of Europe's oldest university? Answer: Ohrid, Macedonia. These two facts should be reason enough to visit but Ohrid also happens to be a scenic and historical town close ...

We couldn't wait to leave Skpoje behind so we jumped on the first bus out of there. We'd heard Lake Ohrid was beautiful and where all the Macedonians go for holidays. The mob was waiting for us. We couldn't even get off the bus! A lady had already ...

... that from Tirana. We get the bus in the morning to our next destination, Ohrid, a small town on the shores of Lake Ohrid in Macedonia. The bus departs at 9am and we hope to be resting by the lakeshore sometime early tomorrow afternoon. Oh yeah, we hope. ...

We could not wait to escape the shithole that was Skopje, so we jumped on a bus and headed for Lake Ohrid. Some say that it is the third biggest lake in Europe. So we had to go see this As soon as the bus pulled in, an angry mob was awaiting us. It was ...

... .It took nearly two hours to get through both sides. That done it was not far to our hotel in Ohrid, Macedonia. This is situated on the beautiful Lake Ohrid. It was the centre of Byzantine monastic life and was where the Cyrillic Alphabet was invented and ...

... some rescue remedy and went on our merry way to Lake Ohrid. The roads were just a mad and bad as Albania but lake Ohrid was stunning... we drove into what looked like a dilapidated ex communist leaders holiday camp and parked up. I jumped straight into ...

... the driver had to do some quick work to fix the engine. I guess stuff like this just reminds me we are in Macedonia. We arrived in Lake Ohrid and were met by a very nice guy offering rooms. We didn't have a place and were relying on somebody to meet ...

... in the center of the old town and once we got their we were really surprised because it was really nice. Everywhere else here in Macedonia has been a little dirty and undeveloped but this town has a very cool feel to it. AND ITS CHEAP!!! We went out last ...

NADJA: From Bulgaria we moved onto Lake Orhid, Macedonia with our Australian friend, Matt. The overnight bus was supposed to arrive at 5.30am however, we were left stranded in Macedonia at 3.30am. I have no idea what any normal person would do in ...

Now moving eastwards, I've come to the beautiful northeastern shores of Lake Ohrid. It was here that the Cyrillic alphabet was first birthed some 1000+ years ago, put together by the Bulgarian scholar St. Clement from the work of Cyril and Methodius. As a ...

Very nice place to relax. I have got a room in a very friendly family right on the lake. Direct access to the lake - beautifull. Its a very good place to chill out.

... starved. Snowy Mountains, beautiful lakes, friendly people and much cheaper prices.... I think we like Macedonia better than Greece! Ohrid is a town after which a lake is named. This holds an endemic fish species, a kind of trout, found nowhere else ...

Lake Ohrid, situated between Macedonia and Albania, is one of the oldest lakes in the world andat 294 m, is the deepest in the Balkans. My first day in Ohrid, I am blessed with sunshine and take the opportunity to walk along he water's edge. During my ...

We had a good visit to Lake Ohrid, both the town of Ohrid and the monastery of Sveti Naum on the Macedonian-Albanian border.  Seventeen years ago I visited the monastery, but was unable to cross the border into Albania:  at the time it was ...

... border. I used Ohrid as a base for a few days, and what a pleasant little place it is too! Situated on Lake Ohrid, the most noticeable aspect of town is its many distinct and picturesque Byzantine churches. You can't really escape them when walking ...

... keine Kueste hat, das haelt dann doch viele Touristen ab hierhin zu kommen. Dafuer hat es den tiefsten See des Balkans, Lake Ohrid, an dessen Ufer die Stadt Ohrid liegt (300m tief). Dies ist die schoenste Stadt Mazedoniens, einige Kirchen, eine Festung ...

I left Berat by an early morning bus, and after 3 hours and a lot of confusion at the end of the ride, I entered Macedonia by foot and end up in Ohrid, a small city at the shore of a lake with the same name. I had high hope for this place. All the info I ...

... us $70 for a one and a half days) and thought even though we were behind schedule we'd have enough time to detour to famous Lake Ohrid in the south west of the country, a massive expanse of water 300m deep.  Of course we took the most scenic (and ...

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